The Guvnor's Word

Verse 1

Concrete

Grey slabs and gravel

Screeching rubber on a dead end street

Bent copper

Taking bribes in the back of a smoky pub

Big collars

My tie is wider than the Thames

Grab the shooter

Kick the door

Down

Watch out for the crates

Chorus

Sweeney's on the prowl

Shut it

You're nicked

The guvnor wants a word

Sweeney's on the prowl

Shut it

You're nicked

Handcuffs and a heavy hand

Post-Chorus

Oi

Oi

Get in the back

Get in the back

Verse 2

Leather

Tough hide and stitches

Flying through a stack of cardboard boxes

Granada

Rusting out by the scrap yard fence

Loose cannon

Suspended without pay again

Blue light

Sirens scream

Run

Into the alleyway

Chorus

Sweeney's on the prowl

Shut it

You're nicked

The guvnor wants a word

Sweeney's on the prowl

Shut it

You're nicked

Handcuffs and a heavy hand

Post-Chorus

Oi

Oi

Get in the back

Get in the back

Bridge

Internal affairs is sniffing round

Evidence is lost

Evidence is burnt

Evidence is gone

The chief is shouting in his office

Pound the pavement

Pound the desk

Pound the suspect

Chorus

Sweeney's on the prowl

Shut it

You're nicked

The guvnor wants a word

Sweeney's on the prowl

Shut it

You're nicked

Handcuffs and a heavy hand

Post-Chorus

Oi

Oi

Get in the back

Get in the back

Outro

Case closed

Back to the station

Pint of bitter

Roll a smoke

Rough justice

In a brown suit

Shut it

Just shut it